Travel services (% of commercial service imports) by country

Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial...

Countries reporting
196
Highest
77.7%
Lesotho
Lowest
0.0%
Guinea
Median
20.2%
Years covered
66
1960–2025
Data points
9,553

What the numbers show

Travel services (% of commercial service imports) is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 77.7% in Lesotho; the lowest is 0.0% in Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 20.2%, and the mean is 22.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7,034.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 114,682.0%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 99.6%).

Travel services: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 77.7% 2025 up 43.5% rising
2 Albania 76.7% 2025 up 1.9% volatile
3 Nepal 65.8% 2024 up 53.2% rising
4 Laos 64.3% 2024 down 29.9% volatile
5 Ukraine 63.5% 2024 up 46.7% volatile
6 Lebanon 55.8% 2023 up 64.0% flat
7 Curacao 53.0% 2023 up 60.2% rising
8 Russia 52.7% 2025 up 31.6% falling
9 Vanuatu 51.5% 2022 up 101.5% volatile
10 Armenia 50.3% 2025 down 20.2% volatile
11 Eritrea 49.3% 2000 up 610.8% volatile
12 Bhutan 47.0% 2024 up 103.8% falling
13 East Timor 44.9% 2025 up 102.9% volatile
14 Kuwait 44.5% 2025 down 20.7% rising
15 Syria 43.9% 2010 down 3.6% rising
16 Qatar 42.7% 2025 up 48.3% rising
17 Australia 41.9% 2025 down 8.9% rising
18 Argentina 41.5% 2025 up 11.2% falling
19 Uzbekistan 41.4% 2025 down 20.0% rising
20 Guinea-Bissau 41.2% 2024 down 9.8% volatile
21 China 41.0% 2025 down 28.9% rising
22 Moldova 40.1% 2025 up 15.0% rising
23 Philippines 39.9% 2025 down 17.8% volatile
24 Comoros 39.9% 2023 up 109.5% rising
25 French Polynesia 39.7% 2016 up 76.4% falling
26 Macao 39.1% 2024 up 12.9% rising
27 Tuvalu 39.0% 2023 up 79.8% falling
28 Aruba 38.7% 2023 up 1.9% rising
29 Iraq 38.6% 2024 up 17.5% volatile
30 Palestine 38.3% 2025 down 16.4% falling
31 Andorra 38.0% 2024 up 17.5% rising
32 Central African Republic 38.0% 1994 up 36.3% rising
33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 37.8% 2025 up 4.2% rising
34 Rwanda 37.7% 2024 up 128.8% rising
35 Brunei 37.1% 2025 up 31.5% falling
36 Tonga 36.7% 2024 up 12.3% rising
37 Nauru 36.5% 2024 up 33.2% falling
38 Serbia 36.5% 2025 up 28.4% flat
39 Iceland 36.3% 2025 up 4.4% rising
40 El Salvador 35.4% 2025 up 76.9% falling
41 Mongolia 32.5% 2024 up 28.7% volatile
42 Colombia 32.3% 2025 up 3.6% rising
43 Hong Kong 31.7% 2024 up 6.3% falling
44 Nigeria 31.7% 2025 up 3.3% rising
45 Spain 31.2% 2025 up 10.7% rising
46 Croatia 31.2% 2024 up 40.5% falling
47 Jordan 30.8% 2024 up 22.9% falling
48 Romania 30.4% 2025 up 54.4% rising
49 Cape Verde 30.0% 2025 down 19.5% rising
50 Fiji 29.5% 2024 up 95.8% rising
51 Sao Tome and Principe 29.1% 2024 up 34.6% volatile
52 Libya 28.8% 2023 down 12.2% rising
53 Slovenia 28.1% 2025 up 7.6% falling
54 Kazakhstan 27.9% 2025 up 4.5% falling
55 Belize 27.2% 2025 up 18.9% rising
56 Maldives 27.1% 2024 up 2.9% rising
57 Norway 26.8% 2025 down 18.1% rising
58 Portugal 26.7% 2024 up 2.9% rising
59 Pakistan 26.5% 2025 up 31.1% flat
60 Canada 25.5% 2025 down 21.9% falling
61 Bolivia 25.5% 2025 up 0.1% rising
62 United Kingdom 25.1% 2025 down 24.1% rising
63 Peru 25.0% 2025 up 10.4% rising
64 Bermuda 25.0% 2023 down 0.8% falling
65 San Marino 25.0% 2023 down 4.3% falling
66 Costa Rica 24.7% 2025 up 9.8% falling
67 Bulgaria 24.7% 2025 up 3.2% rising
68 Guatemala 24.6% 2024 down 4.3% falling
69 Faroe Islands 24.4% 2011 down 26.5% falling
70 Saudi Arabia 24.1% 2025 down 24.2% flat
71 Trinidad and Tobago 24.0% 2025 up 231.8% volatile
72 Morocco 23.7% 2025 up 17.9% rising
73 Tunisia 23.5% 2024 up 7.4% flat
74 Mauritius 23.5% 2024 up 0.7% rising
75 Sri Lanka 23.4% 2024 down 32.3% volatile
76 Czechia 23.4% 2025 down 3.3% falling
77 Ecuador 23.2% 2025 up 12.1% falling
78 Paraguay 23.2% 2025 down 46.1% rising
79 Malaysia 22.8% 2024 down 17.2% falling
80 Indonesia 22.5% 2025 down 5.3% rising
81 Palau 22.3% 2023 down 8.1% rising
82 New Zealand 22.0% 2025 down 29.8% falling
83 Germany 22.0% 2025 down 13.9% falling
84 Italy 21.8% 2025 down 9.6% rising
85 United States 21.8% 2025 up 1.4% falling
86 Panama 21.8% 2025 down 2.2% rising
87 Kiribati 21.6% 2025 up 20.1% rising
88 Zimbabwe 21.5% 2024 up 19.5% falling
89 Brazil 21.4% 2025 down 4.4% rising
90 Israel 21.4% 2025 down 15.0% falling
91 Dominican Republic 21.2% 2025 up 38.8% falling
92 Uruguay 21.2% 2025 down 22.5% falling
93 South Sudan 21.2% 2023 up 89.1% volatile
94 Oman 21.1% 2024 up 22.2% rising
95 North Macedonia 20.8% 2025 up 46.4% rising
96 Latvia 20.6% 2025 down 13.3% falling
97 Marshall Islands 20.3% 2024 down 2.5% flat
98 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20.2% 2025 up 3.7% falling
99 Cambodia 20.2% 2025 down 12.8% volatile
100 Slovakia 20.1% 2025 down 24.7% rising
101 Venezuela 20.0% 2016 down 6.0% falling
102 South Korea 19.5% 2025 down 14.7% rising
103 Tanzania 19.4% 2024 down 54.7% volatile
104 Thailand 19.2% 2025 up 5.1% falling
105 Austria 18.8% 2025 down 3.8% falling
106 Mexico 18.3% 2025 down 21.4% falling
107 Solomon Islands 18.2% 2024 down 38.7% rising
108 Honduras 18.1% 2025 down 17.6% rising
109 Cayman Islands 18.0% 2024 up 1.8% flat
110 Saint Kitts and Nevis 17.9% 2025 up 1.6% falling
111 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 17.8% 2023 down 47.7% falling
112 India 17.6% 2025 down 2.8% rising
113 France 17.6% 2025 down 0.2% falling
114 Kyrgyzstan 17.1% 2024 down 45.9% volatile
115 Belgium 17.0% 2025 up 29.4% falling
116 Angola 16.8% 2025 up 1,803.8% volatile
117 Nicaragua 16.2% 2024 down 7.3% volatile
118 Micronesia (country) 16.1% 2014 up 27.0% rising
119 Kenya 16.0% 2024 up 139.6% volatile
120 Egypt 15.9% 2025 down 22.7% rising
121 Poland 15.8% 2025 down 34.8% volatile
122 Antigua and Barbuda 15.7% 2025 down 4.2% falling
123 Azerbaijan 15.3% 2025 down 49.9% volatile
124 Saint Lucia 14.9% 2025 up 9.2% falling
125 Chad 14.9% 1994 down 33.4% falling
126 Chile 14.8% 2025 up 2.8% falling
127 Hungary 14.3% 2025 up 32.5% volatile
128 Bangladesh 14.1% 2025 up 144.7% volatile
129 Madagascar 14.0% 2024 up 1.6% falling
130 Malawi 14.0% 2024 down 53.6% volatile
131 Estonia 14.0% 2025 down 45.8% falling
132 Samoa 13.9% 2025 up 479.7% volatile
133 New Caledonia 13.8% 2016 up 20.3% falling
134 Turkey 13.5% 2024 down 32.6% falling
135 South Africa 13.2% 2025 down 32.7% falling
136 Iran 13.0% 2000 up 41.6% volatile
137 Gabon 12.5% 2015 down 53.9% rising
138 Finland 12.3% 2025 down 29.1% falling
139 Bahamas 12.3% 2024 down 0.2% falling
140 Lithuania 12.2% 2025 down 40.0% falling
141 Zambia 12.2% 2024 down 12.2% rising
142 Georgia 12.2% 2025 down 40.5% volatile
143 Netherlands 11.0% 2024 down 9.6% falling
144 Sweden 10.9% 2025 down 42.8% falling
145 Bahrain 10.7% 2024 up 18.9% falling
146 Switzerland 10.7% 2025 down 20.1% volatile
147 Dominica 10.4% 2025 down 39.0% falling
148 Belarus 10.2% 2021 down 41.4% falling
149 Botswana 10.0% 2024 down 58.4% flat
150 Greece 9.9% 2024 down 39.7% falling
151 Denmark 9.8% 2024 down 38.8% falling
152 Cyprus 9.4% 2025 down 43.1% falling
153 Niger 9.4% 2024 up 14.7% falling
154 Ghana 9.3% 2025 down 18.0% volatile
155 Burundi 9.3% 2025 down 35.3% volatile
156 Seychelles 8.9% 2024 up 19.5% volatile
157 Jamaica 8.8% 2024 down 2.6% falling
158 Singapore 8.8% 2025 down 39.9% falling
159 Montenegro 8.5% 2025 down 13.4% falling
160 Uganda 8.5% 2024 up 19.4% falling
161 Algeria 8.4% 2024 up 54.8% volatile
162 Mali 8.1% 2024 down 33.5% falling
163 Cameroon 7.8% 2024 down 68.1% rising
164 Mozambique 7.6% 2024 up 9.4% volatile
165 Barbados 7.6% 2017 down 57.7% flat
166 Grenada 7.4% 2025 down 33.8% volatile
167 Japan 7.3% 2025 down 19.1% volatile
168 Burkina Faso 7.3% 2024 down 28.4% falling
169 Gambia 7.0% 2024 down 84.7% volatile
170 Eswatini 6.9% 2024 down 69.1% volatile
171 Cote d'Ivoire 6.9% 2024 down 50.5% falling
172 Democratic Republic of Congo 6.4% 2025 down 4.2% falling
173 Turks and Caicos Islands 5.6% 2018 falling
174 Togo 5.2% 2020 down 54.9% volatile
175 Myanmar 5.2% 2019 down 40.7% volatile
176 Senegal 4.8% 2023 down 55.2% falling
177 Namibia 4.7% 2024 down 24.0% volatile
178 Sierra Leone 4.6% 2024 up 43.2% volatile
179 Ethiopia 4.5% 2024 down 28.8% volatile
180 Luxembourg 4.2% 2025 up 26.6% falling
181 Mauritania 3.9% 2024 down 46.1% volatile
182 Malta 3.9% 2024 up 1.5% volatile
183 Tajikistan 3.6% 2025 up 114,682.0% volatile
184 Yemen 3.4% 2016 down 62.6% falling
185 Benin 3.3% 2023 down 34.6% falling
186 Papua New Guinea 3.2% 2024 down 42.2% falling
187 Djibouti 3.0% 2024 down 28.0% volatile
188 Ireland 3.0% 2024 down 26.5% volatile
189 Liberia 3.0% 2024 up 834.6% volatile
190 Afghanistan 2.9% 2020 down 70.5% volatile
191 Congo 2.8% 2021 down 52.8% falling
192 Haiti 2.6% 2024 down 61.8% volatile
193 Suriname 2.6% 2025 down 84.5% falling
194 Guyana 2.0% 2023 down 87.3% volatile
195 Sudan 1.6% 2022 down 95.6% volatile
196 Guinea 0.0% 2022 down 99.6% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Travel services (% of commercial service imports)
Unit
% of commercial service imports
Source
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 9,553 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.